Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Yorkshire Building Society has announced that Elaine Bucknor has joined its Board as Non-Executive Director. Bucknor brings 30 years of experience in the technology sector, including the delivery of complex multinational programmes and innovative strategies to support organisational transformation and growth. She has held executive, operational and consultancy roles with leading companies in the telecommunications, media,…
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Nationwide has announced it has appointed Damian Thompson as its new Director of Mortgage Intermediaries and Partnerships (from 1st October 2025). Thompson, who has led The Mortgage Works as Commercial Director of Landlord since the start of 2023, will move to a new role with responsibility for leading and driving forward the Nationwide Group’s intermediary…
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Community lender Salad has announced that it has appointed Robin Maxe as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Previously Maxe has led business growth across the tech, gaming, fashion and consumer goods sectors, delivering results for a range of firms such as Trilitech, Ralph & Russo, Sony and PlayStation. A Durham University graduate with an MBA in…
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Target Group has announced that it has strengthened its risk and compliance management with the appointment of Jennifer Read as the company’s new Head of Risk. Read brings nearly 20 years of experience to Target in operational risk and governance, working across financial services and fintech in banking and markets, savings and asset management. Starting…
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Camco Finance and LendingMetrics have announced a new partnership. Camco Finance, a specialist flender or the motorhome, caravan and campervan sector will be using LendingMetrics’ multi-award-winning ADP to assess and onboard customers. Its selection of the platform was based on LendingMetrics’ ability to deliver an automated solution swiftly and cost effectively. David Wylie, Commercial Director…
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The Building Societies Association (BSA) has announced the appointment of Sarah Harrison as its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Harrison, has over 30 years in strategic leadership roles as a public servant, working both for regulators and the government and will take up the role from 1st December. Harrison joins the BSA from the UK…
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Co-op Insurance, which forms part of Co-op Group, has announced the expansion of its presence in the financial services market by offering personal loans, in partnership with ClearScore. The move into loans follows feedback from member-owners, who expressed a desire for greater access to finance, particularly loans. Through its loans panel, Co-op Insurance aims to…
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Chetwood Bank has announced it has appointed Alan Cleary as Interim Managing Director (MD) of its mortgages division. Cleary, who has worked in specialist lending for more than 30 years, is best known for co-founding Charter Court Financial Services, which merged with OneSavings Bank (OSB Group) in 2019. He led the Precise Mortgages, Kent Reliance…
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Real-time credit intelligence bureau, Infinian, has announced the appointment of Emma Steeley as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Steeley joins Infinian with deep expertise in growing businesses in the consumer lending and credit industry. Previously Chief Executive Officer of Aro Financial, a leading credit marketplace, for three years, she led its growth and successful…
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Global credit management and technology company Pepper Advantage has announced two new appointments. Brendan Twomey joins as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and the promotion of Gary Stockley, formerly Chief Information Officer, to Chief Product Officer (CPO). As CTO, Twomey has 25 years’ experience delivering complex tech strategies for UK commercial and scale-up banks, specialising in leading…
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Aryza has announces the acquisition of Bravure, a specialitist technology enabled debt sale and recovery solutions provider. Bravure is based in Sydney Australia. Bravure’s Bridge software helps creditors optimise recovery by analysing debt books, automating decisions on collection strategies, maximising the pricing of debt books, and enabling data exchanges with third parties such as debt…
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Computershare Loan Services and The Deposit Protection (The DPS) Charity Fund has donated £40,000 to help support homeless young people in the UK. This is the fifth annual donation in a row to national homeless charity Depaul UK, bringing the total value of donations since 2020 to £200,000. The charity said the donations help it to deliver…
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Atom bank has announced several key appointments in its technology senior leadership team, with a series of strategic changes and promotions designed to accelerate product launches and enhance delivery capabilities. The new structure, which sees nine internal promotions with three new value stream-aligned leadership roles, has been established and is directly accountable for product delivery…
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